Washing-machine.



No. 709,8l3. Pa tented Sept. 23, I902.

A. a. BRANDT & n. L. emrrnns.

WASHING MACHINE. (Application filed Feb. 12, 1902.]

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW G. BRANDT, OF SORANTON, AND DAVID L. GRIFFITHS, OF OLYPHANT, PENNSYLVANIA; SAID BRANDT ASSIGNOR TO SAID GRIFFITHS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,813, dated September 23, 1902. Application filed February 12} 1902. Serial No. 93,734. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANDREW G. BRANDT, residing at Scranton, and DAVID L. GRIF- FITHS, residing at Olyphant, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, citi- Zens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of washingmachines and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to be easily operated and capable of rapidly and thoroughly washing clothes without tearing or otherwise injuring them.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the lower oscillatory rubber.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw mgs. 7

1 designates a lower oscillatory rubber,consistin g of a horizontal disk or body-having an upper rubbing-surface and arranged within the washing-machine body 2, which may con: sist of a tub or any other suitable receptacle. The Washing-machine body is designed to be provided with suitable legs, and it has a centrally-arranged journal 3 extending upward from its bottom and fitting in a suitable socket or bearing 4 of the lower rubber 1. The journal 3 may be mounted on the bottom of the washing-machine body in any suitable manner, and the lower rubber, which may be provided with any desired character of rubbingsurface, has a centrally-arranged upwardlyextending stem 5, which is preferably formed integral with an attachment-plate 5. The attachmen -plate 6 is suitably secured to the lower face of the oscillatory rubber l and is provided with the socket or bearing-recess 4 for the reception of the pivot 3. The upper end of the shaft or stem '5 of the lower rubber is tapered and of polygonal shape to fit in a socket 7 of a shaft 8, which is journaled in suitable bearings of a bracket 9 and the cover 10 of the body and which is adapted to be oscillated or reversely rotated to operate the lower rubber. The upper end 11 of the stem 5 fits snugly in the socket 7, and the shaft or stem is coupled to the operating-shaft 8 when the cover is closed, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the said coupling permits the upper shaft to be readily uncoupled from the lower shaft or stem of the lower rubber when the cover is raised, The cover is hinged at 12, audit is provided with a centrally-arranged plate 13, having a central opening for the shaft and recessed at opposite sides at 14 forthe reception of a yoke 15, which extends through slots 16 of the cover and which is supported by the shaft 8. The yoke, which is approximately inverted-U-shaped, is provided at its top with a perforation 17 for the reception of the shaft 8, and the latter is provided with shoulders formed .by a pin 18, whereby the yoke is supported above the cover. The sides of the yoke are provided at their lower ends with arms or outturned portions which are secured to an upper rubber 19, having a lower rubbing-surface and adapted to hold the clot-hes against the oscillatory rubber 1. The upper rubber, which is held against rotation, is capable of vertical movement to adjust itself automatically to the quantity of clothes being washed, and as the clothes are carried around by the movement of the lower oscillatory rubber they will be operated on by both rubbers, whereby they will be thoroughly and rapidly washed. The upper rubber is provided 'with a central opening 21 to receive the coupling for connecting the upper and lower shafts.

The bearing-bracket 9 is approximately inverted-U-shaped and is provided at opposite sides with arms or outturned portions, which are secured to the cover at opposite sides of the recessed plate 13.

Secured to the upper end of the shaft 8 is a handle 22, having a suitable grip at its outer end and adapted to be oscillated or partially rotated for operating the washing-machine. The cover is provided with a suitable grip or handle, and the Washing-machine body has a flange or connection at one side for the attachment of a wringer.

It will be seen that the washing-machine is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that the upper and lower rubbers are adapted to be readily separated to be placed in and removed from the washing-machine, and that the upper rubber, which is held against rotation, will hold the clothes or other fabrics against the lower rubber, and will cooperate with the latter in washing the fabrics.

What we claim is- 1. A washing-machine comprising a body having a lid or cover, a rotary lower rubber provided with a shaft or stem, an upper shaft mounted on the lid or cover and provided with means for connecting it with the shaft of the lower rubber, said shafts being adapted to be coupled and uncoupled as the lid or cover is opened and closed, and an upper vertically-movable rubber mounted on the lid or cover and held against rotation, substantially as described.

2. A Washing-machine comprising a Washing-machine body having a lid or cover, a lower rubber arranged Within the body and capable of rotation and provided with a shaft or stem, an operating-shaft mounted on the lid or cover and detachably engaging the shaft or ste|n,'an upper vertically-movable rubber, and a yoke supporting the verticallymovable rubber and holding the same against rotation and extending through the lid or cover, substantially as described.

3. A washing-machine comprising a body provided with a lid or cover, a lower rubber journaled on the body at the bottom thereof and provided with a stem or shaft, an operat ing-shaft provided with a socket receiving the stem or shaft of the lower rubber, a bearing-bracket mounted on the cover and supporting the shaft, an upper rubber having an opening receiving the operating-shaft and the lower stem or shaft, and a yoke slidably arranged on the operating-shaft and supporting the upper rubber and extending through slots of the cover or lid, substantially as described.

4. A washing-machine comprising a washing-machine body having a lid or cover provided with slots, a plate mounted on the lid or cover and provided at the said slots with recesses and having a bearing-opening, a bearing-bracket mounted on the lid or cover, a lower rotary rubber having a shaft or stem, an upper operating-shaft arranged in the opening of the plate and in an opening ol'the bearing-bracket and provided with a socket receiving the shaft or stem, said operatingshaft being also provided with a supportingshoulder, a yoke supported by the shoulder of the operating-shaft and extending through the slots of the cover and the recesses of the plate, and an upper non-rotatable rubber supported by the yoke, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW G. BRANDT. DAVID L. GRIFFITHS.

Witnesses:

LEWIS B. CARTER, T. O. SWINGLE. 

